“I didn’t want to be ‘that pretty model, blah blah blah.’ I wanted to be ‘that tattooed tough chick,’” she says. What began as one wrist tattoo at 15 is now a collection of 20 or so. The ones that have her saying, “What was I thinking?” are generally those she gave herself, either stick-and-poke or with her very own tattoo machine, which, she admits, “I’m not super great at.”

I definitely feel there’s a queer sensibility to the film– not necessarily in the forefront, but more in the execution of the humor, which can be dry and sarcastic, like an obnoxious gay man – a.k.a. me! Honestly, I was a bit surprised when none of the gay festivals we submitted the movie to wanted to show it. The thing is, there are two lesbian characters in the movie, but they’re not exactly the protagonists, and they’re not always portrayed in a positive light – they’re not in a very stable relationship. But because they’re lesbians, some people took their volitile [sic] relationship as a comment on lesbian relationships in general. But it has nothing to do with being gay or not – most relationships are unstable!